# List of countries dropdown field
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** user-custom-fields
**Created:** [January 9, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150 "2020-01-09T14:04:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150/1 "2020-01-09T14:04:20Z")
What would be the way to add a dropdown list of Countries for Users, without having to create a Custom User field and add them one by one?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150/2 "2020-01-09T15:31:17Z")
No, there is no automatic way of populating dropdowns.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150/3 "2023-11-07T05:33:23Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150/4 "2023-11-07T07:21:14Z")
I’ve slipped this over to a #Contribute > Feature request. 👍
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### Author:  [@Jis\_h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jis_h)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150/5 "2024-05-23T06:13:36Z")
any update on this !? I want to make countries and its states as dropdown , or is there any way to upload the list as bulk
thank you
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150/6 "2024-05-23T14:53:53Z")
Is this maybe what your looking for?
> [@Header Locale Selector](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-locale-selector/240697/9):
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> Would it be possible to have an option to use the country code instead of the flags? Similar to keyboard language on Windows.l? ie en es etc.. The flag is huge on mobile. Or an option to shrink the flag size. Even a css overide would be handy. Thanks
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### Author:  [@sallypf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sallypf)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150/7 "2025-06-05T20:05:11Z")
This field should be added by default.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-countries-dropdown-field/138150/8 "2025-06-05T20:08:22Z")
> [@National Flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags/55969):
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> warning This plugin is broken, use the fork instead [National Flags (fork)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags-fork/384423) warningInspired by [the phpBB Plugin](https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/phpbb_3.1_national_flags/), I’ve put together a similar plugin for Discourse. After installing and enabling in Admin/Plugins, users will have a new custom setting called ‘National Flag’. After selecting a country code from the dropdown, the flag image will be displayed alongside their name in topics and also displayed on their user profile. In its current state, it’s fairly ‘hacky’ and t…